Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-10-29
HORSESHOE BRAGG.
What Happened After He Left
DeadWood Camp,

DeadWOOd Camp,
DEADwooD, OAK, Sept. ), 1876
The air was ha2y and fall-hke, and the
Sun was ready to sink behind the
mountains to the west. The crowds of
mcn-all armed-arouud the saloon
doors might almost have heard the
brceze SIGH through the great dark
tops Of the pines on the mountains to
the north, south, east, west. Horseshoe
Bragg had been ordered TO leave the
camp,
And a further fact was that Horse.
shoe Bragg was going to do it. He
bad shaken hands with the foreman of
fhe hastiIy-fomcd jury, thanked him
Tor the extreme lightncss Of the ver.
dict, and assured him that he "knew
when to moscy,' That worthy indi-
VidGal had congratulated him on his
insight into the necessities of the ease
and returned him his revolver. And
so he crossed Whitcwood creek. and
heard it mumuring as if complaining
that the gulch was not wide enough for
Itselt and the main street of Dcadwood
and calling attention to its priority of
claim, and then he turned down the
dusty trail just as the sun sank behind
the mountains over by the Golden
Gate and the rich but undiscovered
mines to the west.
horseshoe Bragg. 1t is not at all
probable that 4 little wee baby, with
his great, round, staring brown ewes,
was ever christcncd Horseshoe, SO
there is not much chance that that was
MS right name. As for Brapo-it
might be his name and it might not;
nobody in the Hills knew. But Mr..
Bragg was leaving Dcldwood and talk
Ing his pccuIiarly-constructcd name
win hIm, and it was agreed by all III,
leading citizens that his going was a
great thing for the moral atmosphere
Of the city an atmosphere in the
minis of these leading citizens remark
Eor D,olnnn5 Nv
s~o,;na- n,",.J ,',' VI '''e oee'' en-
ton. Murders had become too fire.
had .hnt ,,,''' iio' sI'ioe bragg
,h,a, ,,a- n N"'' 'n"' morning
or1, = ,,an,L ,,NI7'' Nv was gong
,]rinoa s. W." n''i' 'la'
Lo,,or man uI, p,c S~"''IrtV'S' ANA Il
had Lo.n 80" v'ci was,
LIo,d and Li' ',,'''u- N,'''' III DC
nv ,JonJin, a. 'i',G'''I "l1 escaped
inr. ,1.. Den ",I 'r H'''i'I-lorlheo
Toya ,,Ltli "I'' H''''.' Ms Dr"'Aer IN
- Tr,'' ""' since oeeh us
p.aaa was 'He same story
80 .'' I''--Son,e 'honsht 1t was
''.'' o'"''' o'ol l., lhere had
w., o'"'i '"''',l@ analr'' Bragg
nav 'o'"t u inc il'iI' II Few months
- ''o"s WIN Inc hundreds OF
.'I5' ',>.'''rIt eh'r'c'rrS who Hooked
'"' Nv" EIuoiaoo that memorable
mS' summer ana 1t was sad that this
WIS MOI iHe hf't man that he had
h'i'eu' Inc ieeiing OF the jury was
"''' ~ "ou!u DE wei enough for him to
- . proo'oIe mat he would have
"'''' "ung' despite ms plea, had the
murdered man been better known and
hau any iflehoa except The few he had
il'oc ourlhg the week or 50 he had
bcch IN tNe camp So when Horseshoe
turned uoWil the dusty trail he under
s'oou 'hat he had Just two hours in
"i'cn 10 ieave the too highly moral at
uiosphcic Vi DeaoWooa behind.
IL was ,ea'iy mnch more time THAI
nv 'eeoeo' coulu almost reach an
''ner c"lnp anu get myself ordered t.
i1"'e yam III 'na' 'llhe' he remarked
p,ooo'n'! 10 himself rerhaps MI
'csiioo D"'ss hau leit western mn
III ca,np, on shorter ho,lce' 80 h
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opp ri'A W -" specimen an
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